there were lovely things in the world, lovely that didn't endure, and the lovelier for that... Nothing endures.

Praying for the people that hurt you may not change them, but it will change you.

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

It was lovely to do The Knock because I haven't done anything really significant since Doctor Who.

There was an omnipresent sense of crisis.

In every company, differentiation is never more important than it is in times of trouble, and that's the time when everyone tends to go to the well and equalize rather than differentiate.

I stay active and choose to associate myself with like-minded people.

At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.

Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.

To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions.

We've got to stop this making fun of guys. I think part of it's to protect [Barack] Obama, because he's the one that's well known for that.